Trigger

My friend in Korea was translating a Korean website which has the latest sales numbers.

Xbox went from about 3000 hardware units per week to overtaking the GC in sales for the week of 1/19 - 1/25

Here's the numbers:
PS2 - 65,258
Xbx - 18,125
GCN - 8952

This can surely be attributed to the release of DOAX (also known as DOAH - the H standing for Hentai ^_^)... this is the first Xbox game that people lined up for outside of stores. This is certainly a small victory for Xbox. This hardly means they're going to take over Japan any time soon.

The website is in Korean, but unless I posted a link you wouldn't take this seriously.

www.ruliweb.com is where my friend found it and they reported seeing it first at http://www.xboxmagazine.co.kr

If you can read Korean, I can give you instructions on how to find the article... it's #14966

tanman

that's only one week though.

Trigger

And? I already stated that it was just a small victory and that it doesn't mean Xbox is taking over Japan. Were you just making sure it was quite obvious that Xbox is still the loser console of the universe?

darkside

DOAX is definitely the type of game thats going to find an audience in Japan. I'm not just talking about the girls. The whole way the gameplay is set up is a lot like many imports I've gotten over the years.

Good news for Namco.

Groucho

Good news for Microsoft as well. This may enable them to woo even more Japanese developers.

PixyJunket

Hey, all they need is some really lame-ass RPGs and Xbox will be selling like crazy in Japan. It's a surefire win.

Seriously, this is good news. Though, can you imagine the guys waiting in line for the stores to open to get this game? Oh yeah, you know the kind..

Have you seen the US commercial for DOA Volleyball, it's hilarious.

Trigger

lol, my friend said they showed it on asian tv and it was alot of skeevy middle aged men.

AgtFox

I think you mean Tecmo.

Chris_D

xbox has a long way to go but good to see the poor man out doing the business atleast for a week! now if only it can beat the PS2 for a week.. maybe with the new DOA - Direct your own movie game

Chris

tanman

hey hey wan't thread crapping. I seriously wasn't exactly sure if those were the numbers for one week. or total units sold including that week.

darkside

I sure do.

Josh H

Not a big surprise. DOA: Volleyball is exactly the type of odd ball game that Japanese gamers love. Like dating simulations for example.

joltaddict

[shudder]

Kumar J

I saw a few guys still looking at the displays.It's selling but not a best seller yet.X-box is trying everthing it can to get a hold in Japan, almost every Saturday and Sunday we got people from X-box at thier booth trying to promote the X-box products. They even got a Blink X-box set and a lot of accesories lined up.

mytzplyx

Hey Kumar J,
Is it just me or does it always seem like whenever I go to Akihabara (Electronic city in Tokyo), all the Xboxes with the newest releases draw a big line to play while the Gamecube and PS2's crowd don't even compare? Its kind of weird, but it may be because the last time I went down there (over winter break), Panzar Dragon had just come out (woohoo, before the U.S.), DOAX was all over the big screens (watch only, no play), and that new fighting game that looks beautiful but I hear sucks in gameplay. Anyways, I had to wait for like 30 min. before playing Panzar Dragon. They also had these little booths with a 5.1 DD surround sound system in each one, a widescreen TV, and an XBOX hooked up. One of which had STEEL BATALLION. I felt so bad for the Japanese guy trying to play it because all the buttons were labeled in English, and it took him forever to take off.

Anyways, PS2 had that new RPG game being on display and there were only about 3 or 4 machines out, compared to the 20 or so for the XBOX. The cube had about 10 machines out. None of the PS2 consoles were being played and the cube had a few.

I guess the PS2 is still going quite strong, probably because of their big library. But, seriously, Billy Gates is pushing strong here in Japan, and the presence is felt on the streets. Further evidence: one of my kids in class the other day told me out of the blue "I want an XBOX! Its the best!" Wow...what is Billy G. doing to the kids here.

duy37

get an xbox now or wait til May where supposedly there is supposed to be a price drop...hmm hmmmmm decisions decisions...i'll pick up an xbox soon with my TAX REFUND !!!

zig

I find this very hard to believe. Neither of those sites are known as good sources of sales information. I'll wait to see it on http://www.the-magicbox.com/

RudeBoie

Supposedly...........

Michael Corvin

I hear if you wait long enough, maybe June, there will be a coupon to get the X-Box for $15 at Target.

tenaciousdave

KOREA!!!!! Not Japan! Korea and Japan are two different countries. They would have different sales all together.

Outlaw

Number of men standing in line who have a girlfriend in the picture below....: zero

DVDHO

I expected this to happen with this release,there porn there sucks so they go else where to get there kicks,this is a good sign for M$ in the long run,this means more japanese companys could support it and make a profit.

Trigger

who is this directed towards? This is Japanese sales reported on a Korean site. :/

Trigger

They have more porn than they know what to do with... are you kidding me?

Breakfast with Girls

I don't think they have a lot of billboards with Japanese on them in Korea.